Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda
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This page provides access to various policy and procedural memoranda which gives guidance to USCIS adjudicators in their work of processing applications and petitions for immigration benefits while still protecting national security.
You can also find a listing of memoranda by subject to the right.
This page can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/memoranda
January 2011
Approval of Petitions and Applications after the Death of the Qualifying Relative under New Section 204(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (102KB PDF)
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM): New Chapter 10.21 and an Amendment to Chapter 21.2(h)(1)(C) (AFM Update AD-10-51)
01/07/2011
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns the Permanent Injunction Issued by the District Court in Ruiz Diaz v. United States, No. 09 35734 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2010) (59KB PDF)
Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 22.3(b)(1), AFM Update AD11-01
01/06/2011
Implementation of the Help HAITI Act of 2010 (87KB PDF)
01/03/2011
December 2010
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) For Material Support to the All India Sikh Students Federation-Bittu Faction (AISSF-Bittu) Memo (61KB PDF)
12/29/2010
Implementation of New Discretionary Exemption Under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) For Activities and Associations Relating to the All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) Memo (65KB PDF)
12/29/2010
Evaluation of Evidence Submitted with Certain Form I-140 Petitions (138KB PDF)
Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 22.2, AFM Update AD11-14
12/22/2010
Revised Guidance for Determining the Sufficiency of Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (8977KB PDF)
12/22/2010
Model Plan for Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies; Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Update AD 10-53 ( PDF)
12/20/2010
Revocation of VAWA-Based Self-Petitions (Forms I-360) (63KB PDF)
AFM Update AD10-49
12/15/2010
Waivers of Inadmissibility and Grants of Status for Certain Aliens Seeking Nonimmigrant Status in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); Addition to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 36.4 (61KB PDF)
12/14/2010
November 2010
Fee Waiver Guidelines as Established by the Final Rule of the USCIS Fee Schedule; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 10.9 (AFM Update AD11-05) (111KB PDF)
11/22/2010
October 2010
Implementation of Provisions of Public Law 111-230 Instituting Increased Fees for Certain H-1B and L-1 Petitions and Applications (AFM Update AD10-48) (147KB PDF)
10/07/2010
September 2010
Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 22.3 (AFM Update AD10-24): Special Immigrant Visas under Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (185KB PDF)
09/20/2010
Validity of Puerto Rico Birth Certificates as Evidence (AFM Update AD10-43) (163KB PDF)
09/20/2010
August 2010
Nepal Initiative - Filing Form I-600,Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative,to adopt a child in Nepal (AFM Update AD10-47) ( PDF)
08/27/2010
Guidance on Uniform Denial Language Pertaining to Appeals to the Board of Immigration AppealsRevisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 10.7(b) (AFM Update AD10-25) (51KB PDF)
08/26/2010
Evaluation of Evidentiary Criteria in Certain Form I-140 Petitions (AFM Update AD 10-41) ( PDF)
08/19/2010
July 2010
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008: Changes to T and U Nonimmigrant Status and Adjustment of Status Provisions; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapters 23.5 and 39 (AFM Update AD10-38) ( PDF)
07/21/2010
Clarifying Guidance on "O" Petition Validity Period Revisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 33.4(e)(2) AFM Update AD10-36 ( PDF)
07/20/2010
June 2010
Extension of U Nonimmigrant Status for Derivative Family Members Using the Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (Form I-539) Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM), New Chapter 39.1 (g)(2)(i)(AFM Update AD10-08) ( PDF)
06/22/2010
March 2010
Clarifying Guidance on Adjudicating Reciprocal Exchange AgreementsRevisions to the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 33.6(d) AFM Update AD10-28 ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld, Associate Director, Service Center Operations
03/11/2010
Notification of Ramos v. Holder; Former Gang Membership as a Potential Particular Social Group in the Seventh Circuit ( PDF)
Joseph E. Langlois, Chief, Asylum Division
03/02/2010
January 2010
Numerical Limitation Exemption for H Nonimmigrants Employed in the CNMI and Guam ( PDF)
Donald Neufeld Acting Associate Director, Service Center Operations, Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM), Chapters 31.3 and 31.5
01/29/2010
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Adjudications involving New York traffic infractions or New York violations (569KB PDF)
01/17/2010
Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third-Party Site Placements ( PDF)
Additions to Officer's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 31.3(g)(15)(AFM Update AD 10-24)
01/08/2010
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